2025-26 North Mississippi VISTA Project Opportunities
Listed on 2026-08-05
-
Non-Profit & Social Impact
Youth Development, Non-Profit / Outreach, Volunteer / Humanitarian -
Education / Teaching
Youth Development
2025-26 North Mississippi Vista Project Opportunities
Vista members of the North Mississippi Vista Project work with passionate changemakers while building professional skills to promote educational attainment, job readiness, financial literacy, food security, and healthy lifestyles. Vista members build capacity by creating sustainable systems to fight poverty at Title I school districts and non-profit organizations in Bolivar, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto, Holmes, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Sunflower, and Union Counties in Mississippi.
The North Mississippi Vista Project is a signature initiative of the Grisham-McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the University of Mississippi, which works to empower campus and community partners to fight poverty through education, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Vista members can expect a year of professional development, experiential learning, and mentorship anchored in a culture of learning, service, and social change.
Apply now for a full-time, yearlong term of service starting in fall or winter 2025, or spring 2026.
Member Duties:
Vista members serve at partner non-profit organizations and school districts across 12 counties in north Mississippi, with a focus on creating pathways out of poverty. Vista members lead efforts around volunteer recruitment and management, communication and outreach, building and maintaining community partnerships, marketing and social media promotion, fundraising and grant writing. Vista members also develop and coordinate programming with an anti-poverty focus to improve education, advance economic opportunities, and increase food security initiatives.
Through these efforts, Vista members build organizational capacity by expanding the reach and impact of their service sites.
Program Benefits:
Living Allowance, Childcare Assistance If Eligible, Relocation Allowance, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Health Coverage*, Training. For details about Ameri Corps Vista healthcare benefits, please visit
Terms:
Car recommended, permits working at another job during off hours.
Service Areas:
Community Outreach, Housing, Community and Economic Development, Hunger, Homelessness, Health, Education, Children/Youth, Entrepreneur/Business.
Skills:
Team Work, Recruitment, Conflict Resolution, Computers/Technology, Youth Development, Writing/Editing, Education, Communications, General Skills, Public Speaking, Leadership, Community Organization, Teaching/Tutoring, Fund Raising/Grant Writing.
Program Type:
Ameri Corps Vista Program 2025-26 North Mississippi Vista Project Opportunities Program Start/End Date 08/25/2025 - 08/24/2026 Work Schedule Full Time Education level High school diploma/GED Age Requirement Minimum: 18 Maximum:
None Program Locations Mississippi Languages English Accepting Applications From 08/06/2025 To 08/03/2026 Contact Emily Echols UM Grisham-McLean Institute, 212 Falkner University MS vista (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Listing
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).